Copies of texts, 1693-1716.

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Copies of texts, 1693-1716.

Manuscript copies of William Brattle's "Compendium of Logick," translated by Harvard students Timothy Lindall in 1693 and Nathan Prince in 1716. Brattle was a Harvard instructor and a minister in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1 vol. and 1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6905337

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Lindall, Timothy, 1677-1760.

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Brattle, William, 1662-1717

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Standard text at Harvard until the 1770s. From the description of Compendium logicae secundum principia D. Renati Des:cartes catechisticé propositum / per Dom. Brattle, in usum pupillorum ; A compendium of logick according to the modern phylosophers extracted from Le-grand and others their systems / by Mr. Brattle, in usum pupillorum : manuscript, 1707. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612843242 Brattle (A. B. 1680) was a Boston minister. From the descr...

Prince, Nathan, 1698-1748

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Nathan Prince earned his Harvard AB in 1718 and served as a Tutor (1723-1742) and Fellow (1728-1742). From the description of Index minorum : manuscript, before 1742. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 747321045 Prince graduated from Harvard in 1718 and was a tutor and Fellow of Harvard. From the description of Papers of Nathan Prince, 1725-1741 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972852 Nathan Prince (1698-1748) ...